Bolivia Lifts Press Curb
Date: 25 December 1961
Govt lifts press censorship imposed Oct 20
Jay Wright (basketball) Birthday, Date of Birth
Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright Jr. (born December 24, 1961) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of Villanova University from 2001 until 2022. Wright led the Villanova Wildcats to six Big East Conference championships and 16 NCAA tournament appearances in 21 seasons as head coach. Under Wright, Villanova reached four Final Fours (2009, 2016, 2018, 2022) and won two national championships in 2016 and 2018.
Beginning as a four-year player at Bucknell University, he quickly moved to coaching as an assistant at the University of Rochester and then Drexel University. In 1987, Wright returned to the institution he grew up rooting for as an assistant at Villanova under Hall of Fame coach Rollie Massimino. He coached at Villanova for five years, before following Massimino for a stint as an assistant at UNLV.
Wright started his head coaching at Hofstra University (1994–2001), leading the program to NCAA tournament appearances in both 2000 and 2001. Wright was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2021 class.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Sunday, December 24, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Churchville
- Age
- 64
- Star Sign
- ♑
The December 24, 1961 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 357 day of the year. President of the United States was John F. Kennedy.
If you were born on this day, you are 64 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 154 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 24, 2026, in 210 days. You have lived for 23,530 days, or about 564,735 hours, or about 33,884,143 minutes, or about 2,033,048,580 seconds.
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24th of December 1961 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 24, 1961
PICTURE 'COPY' IS REAL; Milton Portrait Cost $64.50 but Is Worth Thousands
Date: 24 December 1961
Por of J Milton bought by Brit Natl Por Gallery for $64.50 found to be 'Onslow Portrait,' lost since 1827
NEWS OF TV AND RADIO; New Series Is Proposed For Borge -- Items
Date: 24 December 1961
By VAL ADAMS
Val ADAMS
NEWS OF THE STAMP WORLD; New Mexico Fiftieth -- The 'Year of the Tiger' -- Polish Memorial
Date: 24 December 1961
By DAVID LIDMAN
David LIDMAN
Stamp Day item hon Post and Telecommunications Museum 40th anniv; illus
The Week in Finance; Stocks Decline as Attempts to Rally Fail -- Business News Is Mostly Good
Date: 24 December 1961
By JOHN G. FORREST
John FORREST
by Forrest
FROM THE FIELD OF TRAVEL; A Suit for Male Tourist Has Nineteen Pockets -- Other News Items
Date: 24 December 1961
NEWS NOTES: CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS; Princeton Project on Past and Future: Reprints Aid Science Studies
Date: 24 December 1961
programmed instruction sent abroad from US noted